Sports

MONDAY RESULTS - February 21

(basketball)

CLASS 3A BOYS DISTRICT SEMIFINALS

(LE MARS) -- You couldn't have scripted it any better! Kyan Ludwig celebrated his 18th birthday by hitting a last second shot off the left baseline to lift the Le Mars BUlldogs to a 46-44 win over the Denison-Schleswig Monarchs in the 3A District Tournament semifinals at Carey gym Monday night. Le Mars started off poorly, hitting 1-for-14 from the floor in the first quarter and falling behind 13-3 after the first eight minutes. The Bulldogs had forged a tie by halftime at 18-all and led 34-32 heading into the fourth quarter. A 6-0 run to begin the final quarter put Le Mars in front 40-32 three minutes into the final period. But Denison-Schleswig fought back to tie the game at 44-all with 1:18 to play on a steal and layup by standout Ricky Torres. Le Mars ran the clock down to the final second and took the final shot of the game. Austin Homan led Le Mars with 18 points while Andrew Hrabik had 15 for the Monarchs. Torres was checked to 12 on an outstanding defensive job by Le Mars senior Mike Ahlers, holding Torres to eight below his season average. The 17-and-5 Bulldogs play Harlan at Denison Thursday in the District finals at 7 pm.

Le Mars (17-5) 46 Denison-Schleswig 44

Harlan 65 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 51

#2-Bishop Heelan 68 Red Oak 22

Glenwood 63 Atlantic 46

Webster City 47 Humboldt 27

#8-M-O-C/Floyd Valley 83 Spirit Lake 60

#4-Carroll 85 Spencer 52l

Storm Lake 86 Algona 68

CLASS 4A BOYS SUB-STATE QUARTERFINALS

Sioux City North 73 Council Bluffs T-J 34

Council Bluffs A-L 70 Sioux City West 42

CLASS 1A GIRLS REGIONAL FINALS

Newell-Fonda 67 Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn 52

#2-Ar-We-Va 54 West Sioux 36

CLASS 2A GIRLS REGIONAL FINALS

#1-OA/BCIG 72 Western Christian 59

Estherville/Lincoln Central 52 #3-Kuemper Catholic 49, overtime

#11-I-K-M/Manning 70 Lawton-Bronson 52

TUESDAY RESULTS - February 22

(basketball)

CLASS 1A BOYS DISTRICT SEMIFINALS

(HULL) -- The Boyden-Hull Comets shot 71% in the second half, hitting 12-of-17 from the floor to shake loose from a fiesty Gehlen Catholic team to win a 1A District Tournament semifinal contest 67-55 in Hull Tuesday night. The real difference was on the free throw line where the Jays have struggled all year. The Comets hit 16-of-23 from the charity stripe while Gehlen was 4-for-13. Both teams had 23 field goals and both hit five three's. Gehlen led 13-12 after the first quarter but trailed 33-31 at halftime when Jordan Koele hit a three-pointer at the buzzer for Boyden-Hull. The Comets still led by two after three quarters and built a ten-point lead six minutes into the fourth quarter, outscoring the Jays 14-6 to begin the final period. Boyden-Hull had four players score in double figures led by Brandt Van Roekel with 20, Jordan Koele 13, Bryce Marra 11 and Taylor Francis 10. Michael Whitehead led Gehlen with 15 points off the bench with Trevor Bouma and Eric Loutsch adding 11 each. Four seniors ended their basketball careers at Gehlen Tuesday night, Taylor Wurth, Eric Loutsch, Eric Berkenpas and Josh Hodgson. Gehlen ends the season at 15-and-7 while Boyden-Hull plays Central Lyon Thursday night in Sheldon in the District championship game at 7 pm. Tuesday's game in Hull was delayed one hour by a power outage .. a side effect of last weekend's ice storm.

Boyden-Hull 67 Gehlen Catholic (15-7) 55

Central Lyon 53 Harris-Lake Park 49

Woodbury Central 63 Akron-Westfield 46l

Remsen-Union 67 Kingsley-Pierson 62

CLASS 2A BOYS DISTRICT FINALS

Sioux Center 60 Lawton-Bronson 52

2-Western Christian 76 Sibley-Ocheyedan 50

Emmetsburg 63 Manson-NW Webster 46

CLASS 3A GIRLS EGIONAL FINALS

#3-M-O-C/Floyd Valley 63 Bishop Heelan 55

#5-Sergeant Bluff-Luton 47 Denison-Schleswig 34

CLASS 4A GIRLS REGIONAL FINALS

#9-Waukee 70 #11-Sioux City North 54

THURSDAY RESULTS - February 24

(bowling)

The Le Mars girls finished ninth at the 1A State Tournament in Des Moines

Le Mars Cody Wurth failed to place among the top 15 at the boys 1A State Tournament in Des Moines

(basketball)

CLASS 1A BOYS DISTRICT FINALS

Woodbury Central 73 Remsen-Union 64

Boyden-Hull 47 Central Lyon 40

CLASS 3A DISTRICT FINALS

Le Mars (18-5) 54 Harlan 52

#2-Bishop Heelan vs. Glenwood at Council Bluffs A-L - POSTPONED TO FRIDAY AND MOVED TO DENISON DUE TO SNOW

#8-M-O-C/Floyd Valley 67 Webster City 55

#4-Carroll 71 Storm Lake 52

(DENISON) -- Mike Ahlers capped a career-best 16-point performance Thursday night by getting behind a full-court press defense by Harlan and scoring a break-away lay-up with 19 seconds to play as Le Mars squeezed by the Cyclones 54-52 to win the District two championship in Class 3A District Tournament action at Denison. The Bulldogs rallied from a 48-42 deficit with 3:47 to play to advance to the Sub-State championship game Monday night. Ahlers hit a base line jumper with 3:26 to play to cut the deficit to 48-44 and Austin Homan's three-pointer with 3:03 left in the game whittled the deficit to 48-47. Ahlers tied it with a free throw at the 2:28 mark and Jordan Eisma capped an 8-0 run with a pair of free throws for a 50-48 lead with 1:44 to play. Harlan forged the seventh tie of the night on an Adam Cave basket with 1:22 left. A pair of free throws by Eisma put Le Mars in front to stay at 52-50 with 29 seconds left in the fourth quarter and after a travel call on Harlan Ahlers hit his break away lay-in for a 54-50 led. Zach Osborne hit a pair of free throws with one second to play for Harlan to cut the Bulldog lead to 54-52. Osborne intercepted a long in-bounds pass by Le Mars and did get a desperation shot away from behind half court but it missed the mark and Le Mars celebrated a hard-fought victory. The game had 15 lead changes and six points was the most the two were ever separated. After Ahlers' 16, Austin Homan had 10 and Eisma nine, all from the free throw line. Jarod Juhl led Harlan with 13 and Jordan Schaben 12. Le Mars takes an 18-and-5 record into Monday's Sub-State game against either Bishop Heelan or Glenwood. Their game was snowed out in Council Bluffs Thursday night and they'll play Friday in Denison.